(a) whether the Supreme Court has recently expressed its concern over the
deficient implementation of MGNREGS in some of the States;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government has set up any inquiry committee to find out the
lacunae in implementation of the scheme;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the details of steps taken by the Government to address the identified
shortcomings in the implementation of the scheme?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRADEEP JAIN `ADITYA`)
(a) & (b): The Hon`ble Supreme Court of India vide its order dated 16.12.2010
in the Writ Petition (PIL) No. 645 of 2007-Centre for Environment and Food
Security have issued certain directions for compliance by the Union of India and
the State of Orissa to be reported in the form of affidavit. The requisite affidavit
has been filed before the Hon`ble Court.
(c): No, Sir.
(d): Does not arise.
(e): The Ministry regularly monitors the status of implementation of Mahatma
Gandhi NREGA. The shortcomings noticed through such monitoring of the
schemes are mainly procedural in nature such as delay in issuance of job cards,
non-issuance of dated receipts for application for employment, delay in wage
payment, poor record keeping, in sufficient works for meeting labour demand and
inadequate staff with the implementing authorities. To address these
shortcomings, the Ministry has taken the following steps:
(i) ICT based MIS has been made operational to make data available to
public scrutiny including Job cards, Muster rolls, Employment demanded
and allocated, number of days worked, shelf of works, Funds
available/spent and funds released to various implementing agencies,
Social Audit findings, registering grievances and generating alerts for
corrective action.
(ii) Payment of wages to MGNREGA workers has been made mandatory
through their accounts in Banks/Post Office to infuse transparency in wage
disbursement.
(iii) Rolling out Biometric based ICT enabled real time transactions of
MGNREGA workers to eliminate fake attendance and false payments.
(iv) Periodic reviews in the Performance Review Committee meetings held on
quarterly basis. State specific reviews are also undertaken
(v) Independent Monitoring and verification by National Level Monitors and
Eminent Citizens.
(vi) Visit by members of Central Employment Guarantee Council.
(vii) State and district level Vigilance and Monitoring Committees have been
set up.
(viii) States have been directed to appoint district level Ombudsman for
redressal of grievances in a time bound manner.